The other day, I was trying to recall the date of the Hernandez-Chaves murders in Tucson. If you do not know the story, Vincente “Jose” Hernandez and his wife, Librada Chaves were murdered in their bedroom in Tucson by burglars on the night of August 6th - 7th, 1873. They were bludgeoned to death with a club made of mesquite wood, and had their throats cut. The perpetrators of the crime -  Jesus Saguaripa, Leocardo Cordova, and Clemente Lopez were captured within twenty-four

Spent a good portion of last week in Las Cruces, New Mexico attending the New Mexico - Arizona History Conference. Submitted my paper...

I came across a history the other day by of a woman named Annie Kane. Annie never killed anyone, or robbed a stagecoach, and was not a...

It has been a rather busy month. My manuscript about the Red Light Districts of Tucson, 1870 – 1917 is still being processed by...